[Footnote36:Onehundredandelevenstadia，whichmaybetranslatedintomodernGreekmileseachofsevenstadia，or660，sometimesonly600Frenchtoises。SeeD\'Anville，MesuresItineraires，p。53。]

　　[Footnote37:Whentheancienttexts，whichdescribethesizeofBabylonandThebes，aresettled，theexaggerationsreduced，andthemeasuresascertained，wefindthatthosefamouscitiesfilledthegreatbutnotincrediblecircumferenceofabouttwenty—fiveorthirtymiles。CompareD\'Anville，Mem。del\'Academie，tom。

　　xxviii。p。235，withhisDescriptiondel\'Egypte，p。201，202。]

　　[Footnote38:IfwedivideConstantinopleandParisintoequalsquaresof50Frenchtoises，theformercontains850，andthelatter1160，ofthosedivisions。]

　　ChapterXVII:FoundationOfConstantinople。

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